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Sadistic Facebook shuts down Gaza health ministry page
Update
After The Electronic Intifada reported on the removal of the Gaza health ministry’s page, Facebook restored it.
Iain Levine, the company’s human rights officer, confirmed that on Wednesday afternoon.
“Thank you for bringing this issue to my attention,” Levine tweeted in response to the writer of this article.
“We were able to immediately restore the page, which was taken down in error. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.”
Levine also gave an assurance that safeguards had been put in place to ensure it would not happen again.
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